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Seoul Food Festival 2017: Picnic on the Bridge

For Children’s Day, we went to the Picnic on the Bridge, part of the Seoul Food Festival, organized by Chosun TV. What they did was take over the lower deck of the double decker Banpo Bridge and made it into a boulevard of food demos, booths, and food...

Isaac Toast? Seriously? That Shite is AWFUL!

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I seriously don’t get it. Has the world gone MAD?? Credit: Emilio Andreas ArayaA line outside an Isaac Toast stand When I first came to Korea in 2004, I had some cultural adjustment to do (understatement). Breakfast was one of them. The closest I could...

Why I Don’t Buy Dongwon Tuna (and Starkist) , And Why You Shouldn’t Either

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Here is why I don’t buy Dongwon tuna–well, an added reason. Greenpeace has been ranking cans of tuna for years based on sustainability. They released their first list in 2015. Since then, they have noticed that U.S. retailers have worked to carry more...

“If you’re gonna spew, spew into this.”

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Promoting Korean Food, Chapter 5: Taste vs. Well-being

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A few years ago I was asked to write a small book on promoting Korean food. I finished the manuscript, but it never got published. The publisher ended up going out of business. Here is the old manuscript for your enjoyment, posted in segments. Keep in mind that this...

My Controversial Michelin Guide Piece in Vogue Korea

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You may have heard that I and a lot in the Seoul food community are not happy with the new Michelin Guide for Seoul. It so obviously reeks of either corruption or lack of experience with Korean cuisine and the Seoul restaurant market. Vogue Korea asked me to write a...

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